Chapter 4. Interface Overview

Menu Items

Load a previously saved puzzle, with all of its
dimensions, settings, current state of the cube and history of moves, using
a file selection dialog box to locate the required file.

Game → Restart Puzzle (Shift+U)

Undo all previous moves and start again.

Game → Save Puzzle... (Ctrl+S)

Save the current puzzle, with all of its
dimensions, settings, current state of the cube and history of moves, using
a file selection dialog box to name a new file if the puzzle has not
previously been saved and loaded.

Game → Save Puzzle As...

Save the current puzzle under a new file name, with
all of its dimensions, settings, current state of the cube and history of
moves, using a file selection dialog box.

Game → Choose Puzzle Type

Choose a type of puzzle to play from a series of
sub-menus graded by difficulty, based on cube dimensions and number of
shuffling moves, or use sub-menu item Make your own...
to create your own puzzle, using a dialog box.

Game → Quit (Ctrl+Q)

QuitKubrick, automatically saving the
current puzzle's dimensions, settings, state of the cube and history of moves.

Move → Undo (Ctrl+Z)

Undo a previous move (repeatedly if required).

Move → Redo (Ctrl+Shift+Z)

Redo a previously undone move (repeatedly if
required).

Move → Main Demo (Ctrl+D)

Start/Stop demo of random puzzle solving on the start page of Kubrick.

Move → Solve (S)

Solve the cube. This shows all your moves being undone,
then all the shuffling moves being undone and then the shuffling moves
being re-done, leaving you set up to have another go at the
puzzle.

Move → Restart Puzzle (Shift+U)

Undo all previous moves and start again.

Move → Redo All (Shift+R)

Redo all previously undone moves.

Move → Realign Cube (Home)

Adjust the orientation of a rotated cube by the minimum amount
needed to make the rotations a combination of 90 degree moves, thus setting
the axes parallel to the XYZ axes. In addition, some whole-cube 90 degree
moves are inserted in your list of moves to achieve the desired effect.

This is to standardise the view's perspective so that the top, front
and right sides are visible together and keyboard moves become properly
meaningful. The inserted moves can be undone and redone, exactly as if
you had made them directly yourself.

For example, if you have used the right mouse-button to turn the cube
upside-down, the top or Up (U) face is now what used to be the bottom or
Down (D) face and what used to be the Y axis is pointing downwards.
In this situation, Move → Realign Cube will redefine the
faces and axes so that the new top face is known as Up (U) and the Y axis is
again the one that points upwards.

View → 1 Cube

Show a view of the front of the cube.

View → 2 Cubes

Show views of the front and back of the cube. Slice moves
and rotations can be performed on either picture and the other will move
simultaneously.

View → 3 Cubes

Show a large view of the front of the cube and two smaller
views of the front and back. Slice moves can be performed on any of the
pictures and the others will move simultaneously, but only the large one can
be rotated.

Demos → Main Demo (Ctrl+D)

Run the Main Demo, in which a cube changes shape, shuffles
and solves itself as it rotates at random.

Demos → Pretty Patterns

Show a sub-menu in which pretty patterns on the 3x3x3 cube
can be selected and the moves to create them are demonstrated. There is also
an Info item that tells you a little more about such patterns.

Demos → Solution Moves

Show a sub-menu in which sequences of moves used to solve the
3x3x3 cube can be selected and the sequences are demonstrated. There is also
an Info item that tells you a little more about such solution moves.

Settings → Watch Shuffling (W)

Show animations of shuffling moves as they occur. This is
an aid for beginners, but might be a form of cheating for experienced players.

Settings → Watch Your Own Moves (O)

Show animations of your own moves as they occur. This is
an aid for beginners, because it slows down the animations. Experienced
players can turn this option off and moves are then animated at high speed,
taking about a tenth of a second to turn 90 degrees.

Settings → Configure Toolbars...

Open a dialog where you can configure the toolbar
actions for Kubrick.